knowledge questions magazine Published this article page no 09 OLCHIKI For the first time Indian Constitution is translated into Santali script OlChiki. o 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act 2003 added Santali to Schedule VIII along with the Bodo Dogri and Maithili languages. About Ol Chiki o Ol Chiki script–the word ol means write and chiki means script–was invented by Pandit Raghunath Murmu in 1925 to write Santali. Ol Chiki is alphabetic and does not share any of the syllabic properties of the other Indic scripts. o It contains 30 letters and five basic diacritics (marks placed above or below (or sometimes next to) a letter in a word to indicate a particular pronunciation). About Santals o Santals community is concentrated in several states including Assam Tripura Bihar Chhattisgarh West Bengal Odisha and Jharkhand. They speak Santali language which belongs to the Munda group of AustroAsiatic subfamily of languages. Santals are well known for their housing architecture with colourfully painted walls floors and artistically carved doors. o Primary occupation is settled agriculture knowledgequestions magazine buy.
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